Babati Description 1 20150805

Ayi Raheli Lawi talks about Babati, from her childhood, to the time she moved there in 1976, to present day. She talks about her church-related work while living there (distributing clothing, working with people with leprosy), describes what her modern house was like. She describes how Babati was much smaller in the past (including the lake, which was also much smaller), a town of farmers, fishermen, and herders, and how the post office was once the most important building in town. She then talks about the rapid changes brought about when Babati was made regional capital || Ayi Raheli Lawi anaongea kuhusu mji wa Babati, kutoka utoto wake, kupita muda alipohama kule, mpaka sasa. Anaongea kuhusu kazi yake ya kanisa wakati alipoishi kule (hasa kugawa nguo na kufanya kazi na wenye ukoma), na nyumba yake (ya kisasa) ilikuwaje. Anaeleza Babati alivyokuwa ndogo zaidi zamani (hata ziwa lake): mji wa wakulima, wachungaji, na namna ofisi la posta lilivyokuwa jingo muhimu sana mjini. Halafu anaongea kuhusu mabadiliko makubwa Babati ilivyotajwa mji mkuu wa mkoa || For any use of this single material, or of a small number of materials from the larger deposit, please include the following credit lines: 1. Edward, Stephano, and Andrew harvey. 2015. Babati Description 1. [20150805] in Harvey, Andrew. 2017. 2. Harvey, Andrew 2017. Gorwaa: an archive of language and cultural material from the Gorwaa people of Babati (Manyara Region, Tanzania). London: SOAS, Endangered Languages Archive. URL: [elar.soas.ac.uk]. Accessed on [insert date here]. || This material is openly accessible. 1) Users are free to a) share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format), and b) adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material). 2) Terms: Users must a) give appropriate credit (providing, at least, the credit lines above), b) indicate if changes were made, and c) not knowingly use materials for any purpose which causes disparagement, disrespect, damage to reputation, or harm to any individual or group. None of the data in this collection may be used as evidence in court. || Data collection funded by Endangered Languages Documentation Project Individual Graduate Scholarship IGS0285 : "The Gorwaa Noun: Toward a description of the Gorwaa language" Born in Gidás, Grew up in Bonga | Father's Languages: Gorwaa, Mother's Languages: Gorwaa Born in Babati, Grew up in Riroda | Father's languages: Gorwaa, Swahili; Mother's languages: Gorwaa, Swahili